Where Are They Now - Friday, January 22, 2016

Hello fans,

I'm sure you all remember actress Kay Lenz, whether it's from her role in Clint Eastwood's film Breezy, her performance in Rod Stewart's music video for his Infatuation single, or because she was once married to former teen idol David Cassidy. Whatever the reason, find out what she is up to now!

Take care,
Melissa

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--DEAD OR ALIVE?--
See if you know if the following celebrities have had a
visit from the "Grim Reaper":

Marilyn Chambers: Porn star known for her groundbreaking movie "Behind the Green Door", prior to her porn career she appeared as a young mother on boxes of Ivory soap

Wim Wenders: German director, "Paris, Texas", "The Wings of Desire"

Joe Garagiola: Former catcher for the St. Louis Cardinals baseball team, "Today Show" host, TV game show host, commentator

(Answer at the bottom)
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Kay Lenz
Learn More About Kay Lenz on Celebrity Nooz

BIRTH DATE: March 4, 1953 in Los Angeles, California

CLAIM TO FAME: She is known for her role in the film 'Breezy' as a plucky, troubled hippie/free spirit who has an affair with a much older businessman.

FAMILY LIFE: David Cassidy (April 1977 - 1983) (divorced)

INFO: Her father was producer/commentator Ted Lenz and her mother model/radio engineer Kay Miller Lenz. At the ripe old age of eight weeks, Kay appeared on her first TV show produced by her dad as a baby being held up and sung to. She continued on in her father's TV shows and commercials throughout her childhood.

TRIVIA: Kay is a former teen rider on the rodeo circuit.

In the 1992 movie 'Ladybugs' she was the voice heard over the public address system.

She was the voice of Cowlamity Kate in the animated television series the Wild West C.O.W.-Boys of Moo Mesa.

In the 60's she acted and sang on the TV show, "My Genie and Me" at age 11; performed on 165 episodes

1988/89: Emmy for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series in "Midnight Caller".

1974/75: Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Actress in a Daytime Drama Special in "Heart in Hiding".

WHERE IS SHE NOW: In recent years, she has appeared on various television series, including CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Bones, and Adventure Time. She also appeared in the 2013 comedy The Secret Lives of Dorks as Mrs. Susie Gibson.

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CREDITS:
2015 Adventure Time (TV Series)...Bird Woman
- Hoots (2015)

2014 Bones (TV Series)...Harriet White
- Big in the Philippines (2014)

2013 The Secret Lives of Dorks...Mrs. Susie Gibson

2013 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (TV Series)...Laura Sidle
- Forget Me Not (2013)

2011 Southland (TV Series)...Naomi Chester
- Fixing a Hole (2011)

2010 The Closer (TV Series)...Mrs. Tatem
- In Custody (2010)

2009 Cold Case (TV Series)...Hillary Rhodes '09
- November 22 (2009)

2008 NCIS (TV Series)...Connie Quinn Wheeler
- Silent Night (2008)

2007 House M.D. (TV Series)...Mrs. Bradberry
- Alone (2007)

2007 Heartland (TV Series)...Nadine
- I Make Myself Into Something New (2007)

2003 JAG (TV Series)...Judge Smith
- A Merry Little Christmas (2003)

2003 Southside...Claire Coleman

2003 The Agency (TV Series)...Police Interrogator
- Coventry (2003)

2002 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV Series)...Linda Cavanaugh
- Guilt (2002)

2001 Once and Again (TV Series)...Stephanie Arlen
- Busted (2001)
- Armageddon (2001)

2000-2001 Cover Me: Based on the True Life of an FBI Family (TV Series)...Lisa Ramone

2000 ER (TV Series)...Karen Palmieri
- Homecoming (2000)

2000 The Magnificent Seven (TV Series)...Ella Gaines
- Obsession (2000)

1998 Marry Me or Die

1998 The Adventures of Ragtime...Detective Hill

1997 A Gun, a Car, a Blonde...Peep / Madge

1997 Journey of the Heart (TV Movie)...Marvelle

1996 Touched by an Angel (TV Series)...Rocky McCann
- The Journalist (1996)

1994-1996 The Tick (TV Series)...American Maid

1995 Gunfighter's Moon...Linda Yarnell

1995 Shame II: The Secret (TV Movie)...Ginny

1995 Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (TV Series)...Constance Hunter
- Whine, Whine, Whine (1995)

1995 Trapped in Space (TV Movie)...Gillings

1994 Against Their Will: Women in Prison (TV Movie)...Lisa Jamison

1992-1993 Wild West C.O.W.-Boys of Moo Mesa (TV Series)
- Circus Daze (1993)
- Another Fine Mesa (1992)
- Legend of Skull Duggery (1992)
- Wedding Bull Blues (1992)

1991-1993 Reasonable Doubts (TV Series)...Maggie Zombro

1992 Falling from Grace...P.J. Parks

1991 Shakespeare's Plan 12 from Outer Space...Sebastian

1990 Hitler's Daughter (TV Movie)...Leona Crawford Gordon

1990 Streets...Sargent

1988-1989 Midnight Caller (TV Series)...Tina Cassidy / Tina
- Someone to Love (1989)
- After It Happened (1988)
- Conversations with an Assassin (1988)

1989 ABC Afterschool Specials (TV Series)...Bonnie Green
- Private Affairs (1989)

1989 Hardball (TV Series)...Connie Villanova
- Till Death Do Us Part (1989)

1989 Murder by Night (TV Movie)...Karen Hicks

1989 Physical Evidence...Deborah Quinn

1984-1988 Simon & Simon (TV Series)...Melissa / Susan Killian / Lolita / ...

1988 Fear...Sharon Haden

1988 Headhunter...Katherine Hall

1987 Houston Knights (TV Series)
- Home Is Where the Heart Is (1987)

1987 Charles in Charge (TV Series)...Joan Robinson
- The Undergraduate (1987)

1987 Death Wish 4: The Crackdown...Karen Sheldon

1984-1987 Hotel (TV Series)...Gail Matthews / Mary Morowsky / Monique Bennett (as Karen Woncemore)
- And Baby Makes Two (1987)
- Reflections (1984)

1987 Moonlighting (TV Series)...Melissa
- Come Back Little Shiksa (1987)

1987 CBS Summer Playhouse (TV Series)...Ray
- Travelin' Man (1987)

1987 Stripped to Kill...Detective Cody Sheenan

1987 Mr. Belvedere (TV Series)...Sharon Rogers
- Kevin's Older Woman (1987)

1987 Starman (TV Series)...Dr. Katherine Bradford
- The Probe (1987)

1986 Heart of the City (TV Series)...Kathy Priester
- Growing Up and Grinding Down (1986)
- Cold Steal and Neon (1986)

1986 Hunter (TV Series)...Alicia Fiori
- Scrap Metal (1986)

1986 House...Sandy Sinclair

1985 Riptide (TV Series)...Brenda Malloy
- Still Goin' Steady (1985)

1985 MacGyver (TV Series)...Kelly Nielson
- Last Stand (1985)

1985 Murder, She Wrote (TV Series)...Nurse Jennie Wells
- Armed Response (1985)

1985 Finder of Lost Loves (TV Series)...Ellen Ross
- Last Wish (1985)

1984 Matt Houston (TV Series)...Cassie Stanley
- Stolen (1984)

1984 The Fall Guy (TV Series)...Kim Donnelly
- Losers Weepers: Part 2 (1984)
- Losers Weepers: Part 1 (1984)

1984 Cagney & Lacey (TV Series)...Linda Mack
- Victimless Crime (1984)

1984 Magnum, P.I. (TV Series)...Sally DeForest
- Let the Punishment Fit the Crime (1984)

1984 Hill Street Blues (TV Series)...Whitney Barnes
- The Other Side of Oneness (1984)

1984 Whiz Kids (TV Series)...Helen Langton
- Amen to Amen-Re (1984)

1984 Rod Stewart: Infatuation (Video short)...The Woman

1984 Scene of the Crime (TV Series)
- A Very Practical Joke (1984)

1983 Trial by Terror...Karen Armstrong

1983 Prisoners of the Lost Universe...Carrie Madison

1982 Insight (TV Series)...L.J.
- Matchpoint (1982)

1982 Fast-Walking...Moke

1981 Swan Lake...Odille (voice)

1980 The Hustler of Muscle Beach (TV Movie)...Jenny O'Rourke

1980 Escape (TV Movie)...Barbara Chilcoate

1979 Sanctuary of Fear (TV Movie)...Carol Bain

1979 The Seeding of Sarah Burns (TV Movie)...Sarah Burns

1979 The Passage...Leah Bergson

1978 How the West Was Won (TV Mini-Series)...Doreen

1978 Mean Dog Blues...Linda Ramsey

1978 The Initiation of Sarah (TV Movie)...Sarah Goodwin

1976-1977 Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II (TV Series)...Kate Jordache

1976 Moving Violation...Cam Johnson

1976 The Great Scout & Cathouse Thursday...Thursday

1976 Jigsaw John (TV Series)...Miriam Buckley
- Eclipse (1976)

1976 Rich Man, Poor Man (TV Mini-Series)...Kate Jordache
- Part VIII: Chapters 11 and 12 (1976)

1975 Petrocelli (TV Series)...Janet / Mary Wade
- Face of Evil (1975)

1975 Saturday Night Live (TV Series)...Susan (segment 'NBC Super Season')
- Candice Bergen/Esther Phillips (1975) ... Susan (segment 'NBC Super Season') (uncredited)

1975 White Line Fever...Jerri Kane Hummer

1975 Journey from Darkness (TV Movie)...Sherry Williams

1974 The One (TV Movie)...Shirley

1974 The ABC Afternoon Playbreak (TV Series)...Dorie
- Heart in Hiding (1974)

1974 The F.B.I. Story: The FBI Versus Alvin Karpis, Public Enemy Number One (TV Movie)...Shirley

1974 Cannon (TV Series)...Sally
- The Avenger (1974)

1974 Nakia (TV Series)
- The Hostage (1974)

1974 McCloud (TV Series)...Eve Randall
- The Barefoot Girls of Bleecker Street (1974)

1974 Kodiak (TV Series)
- Death Chase (1974)

1974 The Underground Man (TV Movie)...Sue Crandell

1974 Medical Center (TV Series)...Kitty
- The Conspirators (1974)

1974 Unwed Father (TV Movie)...Vicky Simmons

1974 Gunsmoke (TV Series)...Lettie Graham
- The Foundling (1974)

1974 Love Story (TV Series)...Sara
- Time for Love (1974)

1973 A Summer Without Boys (TV Movie)...Ruth Hailey

1973 Lisa, Bright and Dark (TV Movie)...Lisa Schilling

1973 Breezy...Breezy

1973 The Streets of San Francisco (TV Series)...Sarah Holt
- Harem (1973)

1973 American Graffiti...Jane (as Kay Ann Kemper)

1973 Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law (TV Series)...Lucy
- A Girl Named Tham (1973) ... Lucy

1972 The Weekend Nun (TV Movie)...Audree Prewitt

1972 Ironside (TV Series)...Stephanie
- Cold Hard Cash (1972)

1967 The Andy Griffith Show (TV Series)...Joy
- Opie's Group (1967)

1967 The Monroes (TV Series)...Maudie
- Teaching the Tiger to Purr (1967)

To see Then & Now pictures of Kay Lenz, visit:
Learn More About Kay Lenz on Celebrity Nooz

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--Answers to DEAD OR ALIVE--

Marilyn Chambers - DEAD
Born: 04/22/1952 Died: 04/12/2009

Wim Wenders - ALIVE
Born: 08/14/1945

Joe Garagiola - ALIVE
Born: 02/12/1926

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WHO PASSED ON THIS WEEK...
1/19
Andreas Buro (de), 87, German politician.
Yasutaro Koide, 112, Japanese supercentenarian, world's oldest man, heart failure and pneumonia.
Ettore Scola, 84, Italian film director (A Special Day, What Time Is It?, The Dinner) and screenwriter (We All Loved Each Other So Much).

1/18
Reza Ahadi, 53, Iranian football player and coach.
Leila Alaoui, 33, French-born Moroccan artist and photographer, injuries sustained from 2016 Ouagadougou attacks.
Antonio de Almeida Santos, 89, Portuguese lawyer and politician, President of Assembly of the Republic (1995-2002).
Johnny Bach, 91, American basketball player (Boston Celtics) and coach (Fordham University, Penn State).
Olamide David, 14, Nigerian actor.
Glenn Frey, 67, American singer-songwriter ("Lyin' Eyes", "New Kid in Town", "Heartache Tonight") and musician (Eagles), complications following intestinal surgery.
Andrew Hatch, 117?, American supercentenarian, world's oldest person claimant.
Karsten Isachsen (no), 71, Norwegian priest, author and public speaker.
Lars Roar Langslet, 79, Norwegian politician, Minister of Culture and Science (1982-1986).
Armando Loaiza, 72, Bolivian diplomat and politician, Foreign Minister (2005-2006).
Oleksiy Logvynenko, 69, Ukrainian translator.
Pablo Manavello, 65, Italian-born Venezuelan musician.
Else Marie Pade, 91, Danish composer.
Tridsadee Sahawong, 38, Thai actor, complications of dengue fever.
T. S. Sinnathuray, 85, Singaporean Supreme Court judge, pneumonia.
Michel Tournier, 91, French writer (Friday, or, The Other Island, The Erl-King).

1/17
Blowfly, 76, American musician and producer, liver cancer.
Melvin Day, 92, New Zealand artist.
Geethapriya, 83, Indian director (Mannina Maga).
Mic Gillette, 64, American brass player (Tower of Power), heart attack.
Dale Griffin, 67, British drummer (Mott the Hoople), Alzheimer's disease.
Gulch, 31, American thoroughbred racehorse, euthanised due to complications from cancer.
Bob Harkey, 85, American racecar driver.
Gottfried Honegger, 98, Swiss artist and graphic designer.
Carina Jaarnek, 53, Swedish singer and Dansband artist, cerebral haemorrhage.
Sherron Mills, 44, American basketball player, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
Ion Panturu, 81, Romanian bobsledder, Olympic bronze medalist (1968).
Billy Quinn, 80, Irish hurler.
V. Rama Rao, 80, Indian politician, Governor of Sikkim (2002-2007).
Ramblin' Lou Schriver, 86, American musician and radio broadcaster, heart disease.
Francis B. Schulte, 89, American Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of New Orleans (1988-2001).
Mike Sharpe, 64, Canadian professional wrestler.
John Taihuttu, 61, Dutch footballer (VVV, Fortuna Sittard).

1/16
Joannis Avramidis, 93, Georgian-born Austrian sculptor.
Mondli Cele, 27, South African footballer (Maritzburg United), traffic collision.
Hubert Giraud, 94, French songwriter.
Gary Loizzo, 70, American singer (The American Breed), pancreatic cancer.
Molly Madden, 109, Irish centenarian, nation's oldest person.
Ted Marchibroda, 84, American football player (Pittsburgh Steelers, Chicago Cardinals) and coach (Baltimore Colts, Indianapolis Colts, Baltimore Ravens).
Rudy Migay, 87, Canadian ice hockey player (Toronto Maple Leafs).
Umberto Raho, 93, Italian actor.
Leonidas B. Young, II, 62, American politician, Mayor of Richmond, Virginia (1994-1996).
Notable Swiss politicians killed in the 2016 Ouagadougou attacks:
Georgie Lamon (de), 81, chair of the Swiss Socialist Party (Sierre district).
Jean-Noel Rey, 66, CEO of Swiss Post.

1/15
Tunku Alif Hussein Saifuddin Al-Amin, 31, Malaysian royal.
Francisco X. Alarcon, 61, American poet, cancer.
Kurt Bergmann (de), 80, Austrian journalist and politician.
James Birren, 97, American gerontologist.
Daniel Joseph Bohan, 74, Canadian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Regina (since 2005), cancer.
Noreen Corcoran, 72, American actress (The Girls on the Beach, Gidget Goes to Rome, Bachelor Father), cardiopulmonary disease.
Anil Ganguly, 82, Indian film director (Kora Kagaz, Tapasya).
Marie L. Garibaldi, 81, American judge, first woman to serve on the New Jersey Supreme Court.
Dan Haggerty, 74, American actor (The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams), spinal cancer.
Charles Anthony Assheton Harbord-Hamond, 12th Baron Suffield, 62, British peer.
Pete Huttlinger, 54, American guitarist (John Denver, LeAnn Rimes), stroke.
Avrom Isaacs, 89, Canadian art dealer.
Ken Judge, 58, Australian football player (East Fremantle, Hawthorn, Brisbane Bears) and coach (Hawthorn, West Coast Eagles), cancer.
Andrzej Kotkowski, 75, Polish film director (Olympics 40).
P. J. Mara, 73, Irish public affairs consultant, Senator (1977-1981, 1982-1983).
Pedro Miret Prieto (es), 88, Cuban revolutionary and politician.
Rex Morgan, 67, American basketball player (Boston Celtics), throat cancer.
John J. Pruis, 92, American educator, President of Ball State University (1968-1978).
Oleksandr Shevchenko, 78, Ukrainian scientist, jurist and politician, member of the Verkhovna Rada (2012-2014).
Manuel Velazquez, 72, Spanish footballer (Real Madrid, Malaga, Toronto Metros-Croatia).
Buzzy Wilkinson, 83, American basketball player (Virginia Cavaliers).

1/14
Rene Angelil, 73, Canadian entertainment manager (Celine Dion), throat cancer.
George Carroll, 94, American lawyer and politician, Mayor of Richmond, California (1964-1965).
Franco Citti, 80, Italian actor (The Godfather, Accattone, The Decameron).
James Hannah, 71, American attorney, Chief Justice of the Arkansas Supreme Court (2005-2015).
Al Hart, 88, American radio host.
Franco Oppo (it), 80, Italian composer.
Elisa Pegreffi, 93, Italian violinist (Quartetto Italiano).
Alan Rickman, 69, English actor (Harry Potter, Die Hard, Love Actually), pancreatic cancer.
Shaolin, 44, Brazilian humorist, heart attack.
Robert Banks Stewart, 84, Scottish television writer (Doctor Who, Bergerac, Shoestring), cancer.
Rajesh Vivek, 66, Indian actor (Lagaan), heart attack.
Ellen Meiksins Wood, 73, American historian, cancer.
Leonid Zhabotinsky, 77, Ukrainian Soviet weightlifter, Olympic champion (1964, 1968).

1/13
Luis Arroyo, 88, Puerto Rican baseball player (St.
Louis Cardinals, Pittsburgh Pirates, New York Yankees), cancer.
Brian Bedford, 80, British actor (Robin Hood, Nixon, Much Ado About Nothing), cancer.
Vladimir Binar (cs), 74, Czech author.
William Craig, 97, American philosopher.
Giorgio Gomelsky, 81, Georgian-born Swiss filmmaker (La Collectionneuse), impresario, band manager (The
Rolling Stones, The Yardbirds), songwriter and record producer.
Bern Herbolsheimer, 67, American composer, cancer.
J. F. R. Jacob, 92, Indian military officer.
Sir Albert McQuarrie, 98, Scottish politician, MP for East Aberdeenshire (1979-1983) and Banff and Buchan (1983-1987).
Conrad Phillips, 90, British television and film actor (The Adventures of William Tell).
Lawrence Phillips, 40, American football player (University of Nebraska, St. Louis Rams) and convicted felon.
Vladimir Pribylovsky, 59, Russian human rights activist and journalist.
Jim Simpson, 88, American sportscaster (NBC Sports).
Zaharije Trnavcevic, 90, Serbian politician, Acting President of the National Assembly (2012).
G. A. Vadivelu, 90, Indian independence activist and politician.
Lois Weisberg, 90, American civil servant and socialite.
Tera Wray, 33, American pornographic actress.